History of Cerinza

A worthy exponent in the formation of a republic is the general Jeremiah Cardenas silva, who held the presidency of the sovereign state of Cauca, was delegated to their legislatures and representative to Congress in 1877, married a daughter of General Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera. In the War of the Thousand Days (1899-1903), participated Cerinzanos: General Abelardo Martinez Peña, Colonel Jose del Carmen Chaparro and Pantaleon Reyes lieutenants, NCOs Bernabé Torres and Gabriel Cruz Barrera and Diaz fought in the conservative ranks . The first school in Cerinza was organized in 1830, worked in what was then the slaughterhouse and later health post, the first veredal school is founded on the sidewalk Herd in 1860. In 1875, was founded in the village, the girls' school later schools Plateau, Cobagote, Toba, Chital Alto, Novare, Toba low, Rural Center and San Victorino organized